LF and TF both glanced at me sitting on the futon. “No, that’s it. We’re definitely not getting him one of those“, said L.

This declaration came at the end of a long debate on bedroom furniture choices for teenage boys on sleepovers. Apparently the final choice was to be an expensive sofa bed. I would have thought that bedrolls on the floor were good enough, or perhaps bunk beds? Which teenage boys would want to share a double sofa bed with a friend?

My suggestions were rejected. The bunk bed option was particularly unpopular. Had I no idea how difficult it is to make a bunk bed? It was also obvious that I had never witnessed the damage that bunk beds wreak on woodwork.